Digital Product Owner

Strategic Staffing Solutions; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 74,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions is seeking a Lead Digital Product Owner for an onsite, contract role in Texas. Manage end-to-end product lifecycles, lead Agile ceremonies, and drive delivery against roadmaps with cross-functional teams.

You will guide backlog prioritization using data and stakeholder input, leveraging Jira, Clarity, analytics dashboards, and CMS platforms to monitor performance and outcomes. 65/hr on W2, multiple TX locations onsite.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of digital product management experience, including at least 3 years in a lead or senior capacity.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Agile/Scrum execution, including sprint planning, backlog management, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product delivery.
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize product backlogs based on business value, customer needs, data, and established roadmaps.
• Experience managing cross‑functional stakeholders and communicating priorities, delivery status, risks, and tradeoffs to business and technical teams.
• Proficiency with Jira, Clarity, analytics dashboards, and content management system (CMS) platforms.
• Experience defining and tracking product metrics, adoption, benefits realization, and operational risks.
• Experience delivering technology products in a regulated industry, such as financial services, insurance, or healthcare.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle, executing planned technology initiatives from sprint planning through launch.
• Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies and coordinate daily execution with engineering, design, business analysis, testing, and other cross‑functional teams.
• Create, refine, document, and prioritize epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, defects, and other backlog items.
• Drive delivery against established product roadmaps, ensuring work aligns with business priorities, stakeholder expectations, and measurable outcomes.
• Use Jira to manage sprint activities, backlogs, work items, and delivery progress.
• Maintain Clarity roadmaps, schedules, resource information, and budget status to support program planning and execution.
• Leverage analytics dashboards to monitor product performance, adoption, delivery metrics, and business outcomes, using data to guide prioritization.
• Manage technology tools and coordinate dependencies across multiple business functions and initiatives.
• Translate business needs into actionable requirements and communicate effectively between technical delivery teams and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts to understand customer needs, validate requirements, and align priorities across stakeholder groups.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate delivery, operational, compliance, and technology risks; accelerate issues and recommend solutions as needed.
• Review development deliverables against acceptance criteria and determine whether new requests should be implemented, deferred, or declined based on business value and delivery impact.
• Ensure products meet applicable risk, compliance, governance, and accessibility standards.
• Prepare stakeholders for product changes and establish metrics to evaluate adoption, benefits realization, and operational impact.
• Support project‑level planning for scope, schedules, dependencies, and resources.
• Provide guidance and coaching to less experienced digital product managers and team members.

Skills

Agile/Scrum execution

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

Jira/Clarity/analytics dashboards/cms

Product metrics & adoption

Regulated industry experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Jira

Clarity

Analytics dashboards

CMS platforms

Job description

STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS HAS AN OPENING!

This is a Contract Opportunity with our company that MUST be worked on a W2 Only. No C2C eligibility for this position.

“Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process.”

Job Title: Digital Product Owner

Location: San Antonio, TX 78288/ Austin/ Houston and Plano

Work Schedule: Onsite

Pay: 65 per hr on W2

Required Skills

• 8+ years of digital product management experience, including at least 3 years in a lead or senior capacity.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Agile/Scrum execution, including sprint planning, backlog management, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product delivery.
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize product backlogs based on business value, customer needs, data, and established roadmaps.
• Experience managing cross‑functional stakeholders and communicating priorities, delivery status, risks, and tradeoffs to business and technical teams.
• Proficiency with Jira, Clarity, analytics dashboards, and content management system (CMS) platforms.
• Experience defining and tracking product metrics, adoption, benefits realization, and operational risks.
• Experience delivering technology products in a regulated industry, such as financial services, insurance, or healthcare.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle, executing planned technology initiatives from sprint planning through launch.
• Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies and coordinate daily execution with engineering, design, business analysis, testing, and other cross‑functional teams.
• Create, refine, document, and prioritize epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, defects, and other backlog items.
• Drive delivery against established product roadmaps, ensuring work aligns with business priorities, stakeholder expectations, and measurable outcomes.
• Use Jira to manage sprint activities, backlogs, work items, and delivery progress.
• Maintain Clarity roadmaps, schedules, resource information, and budget status to support program planning and execution.
• Leverage analytics dashboards to monitor product performance, adoption, delivery metrics, and business outcomes, using data to guide prioritization.
• Manage technology tools and coordinate dependencies across multiple business functions and initiatives.
• Translate business needs into actionable requirements and communicate effectively between technical delivery teams and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts to understand customer needs, validate requirements, and align priorities across stakeholder groups.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate delivery, operational, compliance, and technology risks; accelerate issues and recommend solutions as needed.
• Review development deliverables against acceptance criteria and determine whether new requests should be implemented, deferred, or declined based on business value and delivery impact.
• Ensure products meet applicable risk, compliance, governance, and accessibility standards.
• Prepare stakeholders for product changes and establish metrics to evaluate adoption, benefits realization, and operational impact.
• Support project‑level planning for scope, schedules, dependencies, and resources.
• Provide guidance and coaching to less experienced digital product managers and team members.

Position Overview

The Lead Digital Product Manager will oversee the execution and delivery of technology platforms supporting a large, multi‑functional Communications and Public Affairs organization. This role focuses on delivering against an established roadmap, coordinating technology initiatives across multiple business functions, and ensuring consistent execution from sprint through launch.

The successful candidate will combine hands‑on Agile product delivery experience with strong stakeholder management and data‑driven decision‑making. This individual will use Jira, Clarity, analytics dashboards, and CMS platforms to track progress, manage dependencies, measure outcomes, and maintain alignment between business objectives and technology delivery.

Ideal Candidate:

A senior digital product management professional with demonstrated success delivering complex technology initiatives in a regulated environment, leading Agile execution, coordinating cross‑functional teams, and using metrics to drive product decisions and delivery outcomes.